Study on Accession to the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks
The Study aims to support WIPO's objective of increasing the use of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks by providing information relevant to policymakers contemplating accession to the System or promoting its use.
Publication year: 2014
The WIPO Journal - 2014 Volume 5 Issue 2
Analysis and Debate of Intellectual Property Issues
Contents: The Identity of Geographical Indications and Their Relation to Traditional Knowledge in Intellectual Property Law | The Role of Copyright in the Protection of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change: Is the Current Copyright System Adequate? | Historical Evolution of Copyright Legislation in Africa | The Digital Intellectual Property Challenge Revisited: File-sharing and Copyright Development in Hungary | Progress on the Implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda: Coordination, Core Development Programs and Budget Allocations
Publication year: 2014
Delivery of WIPO Technical Assistance (2014 Edition)
Publication year: 2014
The WIPO Journal - 2014 Volume 6 Issue 1
Analysis and Debate of Intellectual Property Issues
Special Issue on Intellectual Property and Geography. Contents: Intellectual Property Geographies | Notes on a Geography of Global Intellectual Property | Mapping the New Geographies of Intellectual Property Rights in the 21st Century | Patents, Innovation and Economic Geography | Geographical Indications: What Do They Indicate? | In Territorio Veritas: Bringing Geographical Coherence in the Definition of Geographical Indications of Origin under TRIPs | The Protection of Geographical Indications in the Inter-American Convention | Intellectual Property Law and Geospatial Information: Some Challenges | The Territoriality Referendum | Law and the Geography of Cyberspace
Publication year: 2014
WIPO Re:Search - Sharing Innovation in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
This flyer briefly outlines the database, partnership, and the supporting services of WIPO Re:Search
Publication year: 2014
The WIPO Journal - 2013 Volume 5 Issue 1
Analysis and Debate of Intellectual Property Issues
Contents: Building the Ladder: Three Decades of Development of the Chinese Patent System | A Page of History: Patents, Prizes and Technological Innovation | Collective Invention and Patent Law Individualism: Origins and Functions of the Inventor's Right of Attribution | The History of Copyright History (Revisited)| Copyright History as History of Technology | The Ecological Origins of Copyright Scepticism | Criticism in the Courtroom: Nichols v Universal (1930) and the Determination of Infringement | What History Teaches Us about US Copyright Law and Statutory Damages | Making Intellectual Property Law in the Shadow of Law: International News Service v Associated Press | The Principles of International Intellectual Property Protection: From Paris to Marrakesh | Historical Developments of Industrial Property Laws in Africa Copyright Pioneers | The Story of Singapore's Intellectual Property Journey: 1965–2013
Publication year: 2013
Norwegian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Intellectual Property Rights System : Exploration and Analysis
The study provides an overview of the Norwegian national innovation system with a special focus on SMEs and their use of the intellectual property system. The study provides valuable empirical data on patent and trademark applications by size, location and sector. The methodology and analysis used in the study and its conclusions and recommendations, while focusing on the Norwegian situation, will be of great interest to all those concerned with ensuring that SMEs are able to make the most effective use of the tools available to them through the intellectual property system.
Publication year: 2013
The WIPO Journal - 2012 Volume 4 Issue 1
Analysis and Debate of Intellectual Property Issues
Special Issue on Intellectual Property and Culture. Contents: The Confucian Challenge to Intellectual Property Reforms | Intellectual Property and Conceptions of Culture | From Free Culture to Fair Culture | Cultivating Intellectual Property | Collective Rights Management, Competition Policy and Cultural Diversity | The Demise of Geniality | Between Semiotic Democracy and Disobedience | Going GaGa | Options for the Future Protection of GRTKTCEs | Geographies of Knowledge | Geographical Indications and Cultural Heritage | Chinese Culture and Intellectual Property | At the Frontiers of Law-Making | The Compatibility of Modern Intellectual Property Protection Norms with Islamic Principles | Is the Jewish Tradition Intellectual Property?
Publication year: 2013
The WIPO Journal - 2012 Volume 3 Issue 2
Analysis and Debate of Intellectual Property Issues
Contents: Global Governance in Intellectual Property Protection: Does the Decision-making Forum Matter? | Weakening Multilateralism in Intellectual Property Lawmaking: A European Perspective on ACTA | Climate Change and the Debate around Green Technology Transfer and Patent Rules: History, Prospect and Unresolved Issues | Patents for Humanity | Reform Proposals on the Geographical Indications of the European Union for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge | International Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Can the Caribbean Region Capitalize on Current Global Developmental Trends in Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Policies? | Trends of Patent and Utility Model Activities in Asia and Africa: a Comparison of Regional Innovation, FDI and Economic Activity
Publication year: 2013
International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification) 7th edition
The Vienna Classification (VCL), established by the Vienna Agreement (1973), is an international classification of the figurative elements of marks.
Publication year: 2012